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Chair Rails for 9 Foot Ceiling

I want to install chair rails but but I want them to be high (not your standard chair rails). I've seen them in a model home where the bottom of the chair rail to the floor is 52 inches on a 8 foot ceiling. I want the same effect but my family room ceiling is 9feet tall. Can someone offer a suggestion on the proper height?

As the original purpose of the chair rail was to protect the wall from the chair, I suppose the proper height would still be...the height of the chair. It would seem a little silly to install that protection someplace where it would provide only a certain 'look', and not the original intent.

But then again, that's just me. Things go where they were meant to go.